March 7, 2010 in Nation/World

‘Transformers’ takes top Razzie, um, honor

Oscar-bound Bullock named worst actress

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Workers set up a giant Oscar statue outside the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday.
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LOS ANGELES – “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” was picked as last year’s worst picture at Saturday’s Razzies, and Sandra Bullock won worst actress for “All About Steve” – on the eve of her expected Academy Awards triumph for another film.

Voters at the Razzies, which poke fun at the Oscars by giving out prizes for Hollywood’s critical misfires, chose Bullock for her romantic comedy flop. “All About Steve” came and quickly vanished at theaters in between her 2009 hits, “The Proposal” and “The Blind Side,” the latter expected to win Bullock the best-actress Oscar on Sunday.

If Bullock takes the award for “The Blind Side,” she will be the first person ever to win an Oscar and a Razzie over the same weekend.

Throughout awards season, Bullock has been good-natured about it, joking about the Razzies attention she has gotten along with the Oscar esteem.

Bullock and “All About Steve” co-star Bradley Cooper also shared the Razzie for worst screen couple.

The “Transformers” sequel won two other Razzies, worst director for Michael Bay and worst screenplay for Ehren Kruger, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.

Bay and his team probably will not lose any asleep over it, though. Though reviled by critics, “Transformers” took in $402.1 million domestically.

The worst-actor Razzie went to siblings Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas for “Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience.”

Will Ferrell’s action comedy flop “Land of the Lost” had come in tied with “Transformers” for the Razzies lead with seven nominations, but it was nearly shut out in every category.

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